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Convex posted:To echo this, having played through the game once with no cheating and again most of the way with STR and DEX maxed from the start, I enjoyed the second playthrough so much more. The core of the game is in the story, so you won't miss anything enjoyable as long as you leave all the other stats alone. Arguably, you should max out Wisdom and Intelligence because huge portions of story and character development are locked behind wisdom and intelligence checks while relatively few things are locked behind checks for the other stats.
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For Arkham City, I've already read the wiki. One of the hints is: "If you're having trouble with The Stranger side mission you will be able to see the masked man after completing various plot points. Make it habit to turn on detective mode the moment you're outside after a cutscene and scan the top of buildings. " If you missed one of his showings, is is possible to permanently miss out? Can you permanently fail any of the side quests?
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Gynovore posted:The most important thing to know is, it's not too long, with limited multiplayer and (imho) not much replay value. Don't get it unless you don't mind plunking down $40 (or whatever) for a weekend's entertainment. I agree with this, although the game is always up on Steam for like $5 so I have no idea why you would pay 40. I do like Rage but there are many caveats as to when and how to play it. Go easy on the wingsticks because they can be a little overpowered. They're fun though so it's all about finding the right balance. Use spiderbots, they're a lot of fun. Also play on Nightmare or if you have the DLC Ultra-nightmare is probably worthwhile, though I haven't tried it yet. With M/KB, Nightmare is still a touch too easy.
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Gharbad the Weak posted:For Arkham City, I've already read the wiki. One of the hints is: No, I think his placement is just determined by how far you are in the story and you can find him wherever he's supposed to be at that point.
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Any tips on becoming a god of metal in Brutal Legend?
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theshim posted:Anyone got anything for King's Bounty: Armored Princess? I'm around level 10 in the game, clearing out the second and third islands, and Royal Thorns and Royal Snakes are kicking rear end (though I haven't been able to find more than the 3 Royal Thorns on the first island, which means they're falling a bit behind). Anything that summons or revives is amazing. You should always have Demonologists, in particular. e: also, learn to kite around mobs as much as possible and get maps for islands further in. Even if you can'tdo the combat in those islands, you can always just park your boat next to some runes and grab them.
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Asking again since it seems like it got missed last time. The wiki entry for Pathologic is really short and lacking. Any tips besides the one on there and any good way to deal with the translation?
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:I agree with this, although the game is always up on Steam for like $5 so I have no idea why you would pay 40. It's only $5? In that case, I'd recommend RAGE to everyone, if your system can handle it. If you suck at shooters, turn the difficulty down to easy and enjoy the pretty graphics. Like I said, it's just one or two weekends worth of fun, but for $5 you can't go wrong.
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Gynovore posted:It's only $5? In that case, I'd recommend RAGE to everyone, if your system can handle it. If you suck at shooters, turn the difficulty down to easy and enjoy the pretty graphics. Like I said, it's just one or two weekends worth of fun, but for $5 you can't go wrong. Well... sales. I mean on Steam everything is 5-15 because presumably you just wait for sales. The only limiting factor for PC gamers is time. Fortunately Rage doesn't require a powerful machine, it just has some odd requirements compared to other shooters. Your processor matters a lot and having a slow(5400 RPM or lower) hard drive can sometimes cause pop-in like you would see on the consoles.
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Barudak posted:Arguably, you should max out Wisdom and Intelligence because huge portions of story and character development are locked behind wisdom and intelligence checks while relatively few things are locked behind checks for the other stats. I think he means cheating up STR and DEX and building the other ones up through play?
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sebmojo posted:I think he means cheating up STR and DEX and building the other ones up through play? If you're going to cheat you may as well max INT and WIS (and maybe CHA, I think there's a few places where that's useful) and using your level-up points for STR/DEX and I guess maybe CON. I haven't played Torment in years but you definitely miss out on a LOT of stuff if you can't make high INT and WIS checks.
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Mar 12, 2013 01:25
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WarLocke posted:Any tips on becoming a god of metal in Brutal Legend? Some stuff for the Stage Battles: You can summon the Deuce (with the "Summon Deuce" solo) into the battle, and ride it around murdering enemy troops. You can use "Call of the Wild" to summon beasts into battle. These are free, and do count against your total unit load, but if you summon them when your army is already full, they let you temporarily exceed your load. Some more good general Stage Battle tips can be found here: http://brutallegend.wikia.com/wiki/Brutal_Legend_Wiki:Strategy Aside from that, just keep exploring and doing side-quests like you would in any open-world game.
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Razor Jacksuit posted:Some stuff for the Stage Battles: I'll add on that if you want to 100% and get all the dragon statues etc. you get a part for your car that will track any nearby items for you once you've finished the main story.
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VodeAndreas posted:I'll add on that if you want to 100% and get all the dragon statues etc. you get a part for your car that will track any nearby items for you once you've finished the main story. Is that in the Xbox version, too?
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Mar 12, 2013 02:22
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KoldPT posted:Anything that summons or revives is amazing. You should always have Demonologists, in particular.
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Mar 12, 2013 02:36
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Gynovore posted:The most important thing to know is, it's not too long, with limited multiplayer and (imho) not much replay value. Don't get it unless you don't mind plunking down $40 (or whatever) for a weekend's entertainment. I got it for 5 bux during the winter Steam sale, but couldn't really run it until I upgraded. I'm finding it to be a pretty drat good game for the price. I can understand the criticisms, but it's worth playing if you're a FPS fan for sure. Also, thanks for the tips guys.
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WarLocke posted:Any tips on becoming a god of metal in Brutal Legend? The stage battles play identically to a MOBA. You have resource points you can capture and reinforce. Your character can't directly attack them and you'll take a ton of damage if you try. Your minions are completely useless against the enemy general but they can attack resource points. You can also use double team abilities to damage resource points and you can also use the deuce's weapons to damage them. Stage battles are 100% about supporting your minions with double teams and abilities. The enemy general will fly around and support their troops and if you don't do the same, you lose. You can't win the battle by yourself and your minions can't do it by themselves. The best way to win in singleplayer is to keep your guys constantly moving. If the enemy general is heading towards a resource point, then go to the opposite one. Don't fight prolonged battles because they'll always out class you in resources until you build up. The deuce does massive damage running over normal enemies and it's fast enough to act as a mobile way point when you want to direct your guys around. Facemelter is stupidly good, abuse it in groups.
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It was asked a few pages back and no one answered, but I'm going to ask anyway: Anything for Final Fantasy 4 Heroes of Light?
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flatluigi posted:Is that in the Xbox version, too? I've got it on PC but I believe it's part of the included DLC which is also available separately on the Xbox version.
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VodeAndreas posted:I've got it on PC but I believe it's part of the included DLC which is also available separately on the Xbox version. The Xbox DLC looks to just be multiplayer packs. e: looks like the Hammer of the Infinite Fate DLC adds actual non-multiplayer map content (including the Oculus upgrade that tracks the collectables!). The other piece of DLC is only maps. flatluigi fucked around with this message at 07:16 on Mar 12, 2013 |
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Further to Brutal Legend: For your enjoyment, find the story segment collectibles (forget what they are called exactly). There are only about 8 or 10, and they look like a statue clutching a big glowy blue ball. The story is of course silly (but alright for what it is), but it won't make a lick of sense if you don't get these additional segments.
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theshim posted:Where the hell do I get said Demonologists? Unit placement is entirely random in King's Bounty games, so you could *theoretically* have 0 of them in your entire game.
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KoldPT posted:Unit placement is entirely random in King's Bounty games, so you could *theoretically* have 0 of them in your entire game. It's not entirely random, as some I believe are set so as not to entirely screw you. But, if you only ever get a handful of Demonologists, you can exploit the hell out of the Sacrifice spell, especially if you combine it with the mind control spell, so that you're "sacrificing" enemy units while replenishing your own. But if you aren't playing a Wizard, then I would suggest grabbing a stack of some of the infinitely disposable units, like Crossbowmen, and just Sacrifice them near the end of a fight.
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WarLocke posted:If you're going to cheat you may as well max INT and WIS (and maybe CHA, I think there's a few places where that's useful) and using your level-up points for STR/DEX and I guess maybe CON. This. Starting from almost the first conversation in the game till the end there are huge rewards for having High (like over 20) Int and Wisdom. Cheating up Strength and Con and Dex to "naturally" level Int and Wis still forces you to miss a ton of content. Basically, just cheat all your stats and/or give yourself infinite HP and damage because combat blows and the game isn't really viable to replay.
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Barudak posted:This. Starting from almost the first conversation in the game till the end there are huge rewards for having High (like over 20) Int and Wisdom. Cheating up Strength and Con and Dex to "naturally" level Int and Wis still forces you to miss a ton of content. Basically, just cheat all your stats and/or give yourself infinite HP and damage because combat blows and the game isn't really viable to replay. You can and should play the game at least twice (with cheats) at some point though, if only to see how much of a horrible person TNO can be. In a game with no real death and cheated stats/equips, you can actually go ahead and pick all of the evil options without worrying if the game is going to punish you for it. The game actually has Good/Evil alignment choices, unlike KOTOR's (or ME) Good/rear end in a top hat choices. You'll feel like a monster though.
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Since we are on the topic of Planescape Torment and stats: Besides boosting Int and Wis to see as many options as possible, there are two major CHA gates to be aware of. The first is when you find Pharod, where you need CHA 14. The second major is finding Ravel which needs 16. Both of these, and any other CHA checks, can also be overcome using the Friends spell (especially if you use the TweakPack mod that makes it always give the full 8 bonus), if you know the check is coming. Make a habit of quicksaving before conversations, if you worry about missing out on something by not having the spell running. Annah also has a skill check of sorts that I completely missed the first time around due to playing a mage: If you are a thief, and better than her, you can help train her (similar to what you do for Dak'kon and the unbroken circle thing) for a pretty nice buff to her skills. I believe you have to get your own thief skills above 50% to get all the way through the steps.
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Going to try and actually playing through Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura for once. I'd like to gun a gunslinger and the website has a bit on it. My main question is what modifications should I run as I remember tech being far weaker than magic. The wiki only lists Drog Blacktooth's patch. Is there anything beyond that which will help tech/guns?
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Anything I should know about ToME? Currently slaughtering everything with a dwarf berserker  It seems pretty easy compared to Stone Soup, unless I wander into high level areas.E: How do I use gems? Is this the kind of roguelike where I should consult the wiki constantly to avoid quaffing a potion of horrible death or something? Fruits of the sea fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Mar 14, 2013 |
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Fruits of the sea posted:Anything I should know about ToME? There are no consumables in ToME. Most of my bullshit deaths have come from champion monsters who rolled really frustrating combinations of classes [My roommates actually experienced a combo in which the monster in question had an infinite number of attacks per turn, but that was months ago and I assume it was patched]. Resist are really your friend, as there's a few bosses that will dogfuck you without being prepared for them, but I made it fine through most of the game by just tossing out the occasional question in the built-in chat client. As for gems, if you manage to find an alchemist to escort, he can teach you the ability to slot them into gear. SA had a pretty good ToME thread with people a lot more knowledgeable than myself, so you may want to check that out. Russian Remoulade fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Mar 14, 2013 |
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I'm thinking about reinstalling NWN2. Any patches, official or otherwise, I could apply to the steam version? The last time I tried to play it, my characters kept bugging out and running in a random direction while ignoring movement commands.
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For Brutal Legend, if you want to be meticulous about finding collectibles, save your sanity and follow a guide from the outset. The game doesn't track what you've found so otherwise you will inevitably end up scouring the world map for the 129th dragon statue. Don't let this happen to you. Also, for the single player game: If you want to grind fire tributes to buy upgrades, help your roaming guys in skirmishes with the enemy. You'll collect a few tributes when you win the battle. However, this isn't necessary because you get plenty of tributes by doing quests and finding collectibles. My favorite guitar strings by far are the ones that enhance your shock damage. They don't become available until late, though. Until then the strings that improve your earthquake are very nice. I don't have a strong preference for axe. Usually I use the shock damage axe for its chain damage. Later on I switch to the axe you get for clearing the hunter's quest line. GhostBoy posted:Further to Brutal Legend: What's really weird is that the game presumes you've seen them because later on characters start mentioning stuff that you only would have known about had you found the legend statues.
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Draile posted:What's really weird is that the game presumes you've seen them because later on characters start mentioning stuff that you only would have known about had you found the legend statues. I think there's a couple they put smack in your path specifically for the important stuff.
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Anything for Prototype? I must be too used to the AC games - it's a pain to find the little orb collectibles (and 1 of them apparently has 200 of them?) and there doesn't seem to be any in game collectibles map as in the aforementioned AC. I know to go for mobility - anything else?
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Katreus posted:Anything for Prototype? I must be too used to the AC games - it's a pain to find the little orb collectibles (and 1 of them apparently has 200 of them?) and there doesn't seem to be any in game collectibles map as in the aforementioned AC. I know to go for mobility - anything else? Get used to Hammerfists. You're going to be using them a lot later against vehicles. Play cheap (get a military disguise, grab tank, cruise-in and blow poo poo up, fly away once your tank dies, repeat) on the harder missions.
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Katreus posted:Anything for Prototype? I must be too used to the AC games - it's a pain to find the little orb collectibles (and 1 of them apparently has 200 of them?) and there doesn't seem to be any in game collectibles map as in the aforementioned AC. I know to go for mobility - anything else? Stealth missions can be real tricky so try to get the power to silently eat + mimic civilians pretty soon, and the faster version too. IIRC the orbs will just give you some XP so you don't really need to bother actively collecting them. The web of memories, on the other side, is quite fun to piece together, but you'll probably want to check an online map to fill out the last remaining brain snacks, since they (re)spawn at random but always within certain areas. If you want XP, do the GTA-esque challenges. Some are very frustrating, but others are a walk in the park and an easy XP source.
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Are there any should-knows for Anno 2070?
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Thanqol posted:Are there any should-knows for Anno 2070? This Let's Play is pretty great. More importantly, it covers turning off ascension rights, and how to manually advance your people. It demonstrates some good farm layouts too. The best advice I could give is, explore. You'll need islands with specific fertilizations, and AI you can trade with. Set your boat out to explore early, cover the whole map. And don't settle for just any map that generates when you start. Look for maps with hydro-electric capabilities, and tight knit mining sites.
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Taerkar posted:Going to try and actually playing through Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura for once. I'd like to gun a gunslinger and the website has a bit on it. My main question is what modifications should I run as I remember tech being far weaker than magic. If you're serious about going tech over magic, there are some hard truths. Magic is more powerful and convenient, and as a gunslinger there are large sections of the game you're not gonna be able to get by with purely by shooting stuff. A lot of the tech route is just about good/tedious inventory management and spamming certain useful items--you're gonna need lots and lots of healing items, and in certain places you're gonna want to have about a million grenades/explosives/traps. Seriously, in the later parts of the game you will need to have 20 stacks of all your techy damage items until you get certain guns late in the game that are comparable to late game magic weapons. As your tech aptitude goes up, the ability for magical party members to help you goes way down, but the AI doesn't seem to get this, so keep that in mind when doing party composition. Honestly, I've tried to play the tech route about three times and each time I end up either going pure melee with light magic or I just give in to magic utterly. You may want to put the game on easier setting for some parts of it if you don't want to have to cheese your way through it.
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My main issue with going tech was that you had make a true videogame Sophie's Choice by giving up on either the best companion or on fast travel.
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I remember a mod a while back which added in a bunch of tech recipes to try and improve the feasibility of it, but I don't remember what it is and the only ones I've found look "UBER WEAPON AT LVL 1" bad.
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